Can I be slightly controversial here (in the vein of the "scone" debate) and ask how people pronounce Nice as in the biscuit?
In our house it was always pronounced "niece" after the French city but lots of people call them "nice" as in pleasant. I struggle with this as I don't think they're all that nice anyway, they tend to be the ones left uneaten in the tin of assorted biscuits
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In the old family home on the Wirral it was 'niece' biscuits, and, yeah, they were amongst the ones left untouched after Christmas.
Not unusual to find similar pronunciations in Ireland and Merseyland though is it, I mean Liverpool is the capital of Ireland isn't it lol
Not unusual to find similar pronunciations in Ireland and Merseyland though is it, I mean Liverpool is the capital of Ireland isn't it lol
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Yes major links between Liverpool and Dublin in particular ! I came across this link explaining differences in pronunciation (basically Dublin vs. the rest of the country) http://www.dailyedge.ie/nice-biscuit-pr ... 7-Jan2014/Swinnow wrote:In the old family home on the Wirral it was 'niece' biscuits, and, yeah, they were amongst the ones left untouched after Christmas.
Not unusual to find similar pronunciations in Ireland and Merseyland though is it, I mean Liverpool is the capital of Ireland isn't it lol
I'm so glad somebody took the trouble
My mum still rolls out the story of when I was a small child in Chadderton Asda and she asked me what biscuits I'd like. "Nice ones" I replied, pronouncing it to rhyme with ice. "But which ones?" she said. Repeat several timed until I said "The ones with nice written on them".
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My how we laughed.
I always call them Ni(e)ce now.
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My how we laughed.
I always call them Ni(e)ce now.
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What the bloody hell is all this nonsense!
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Apparently the correct pronunciation of Nice rhymes with ice, lice, and (if you come from the Home Counties) house. Presumably because truth in advertising was unheard of back when the things were invented. Terrible dunking - sub-second terminal absorption, they add too much sugar to the beverage and you really don't want to have to try to get the dried coconutty sludge out of the mug if you happen to leave it out without rinsing it.
I'm starting a campaign, Nice People Don't Eat Nice Biscuits - stay tuned for the GoFundMe link.
I'm starting a campaign, Nice People Don't Eat Nice Biscuits - stay tuned for the GoFundMe link.
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Without wishing to lower the tone in any way shape or form, I just want to go on record as being more than willing to slam Natalie Imbruglia's TimTam any time she wants.Pista wrote:Okay. Finally found the Tim Tam Slam video
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I would have thought that I would be safe enough on an (ahem) goth forum with my blackcurrant fetishism...mh wrote:This, people, is the man who drinks Guinness with blackcurrant. I think we all know how much credibility he has.abridged wrote:I'm a reasonable person. I can take war, horror, torture in my stride but it has to be the scorpion pits for anybody that dunks their biscuits. And that goes for people who take cold milk on their cereal also!
And dosen't our ahem beloved leader put HOT milk on cornflakes? A man of distinction...
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My weekly shopping list has taken an unusually biscuity turn.
Kit Kats now added.
Kit Kats now added.
For non dunking purposes Fruit Shortcake is great! Just imagine the ancient and dignified tea ceremony and then someone dunks whatever the equivalent of a digestive is in Japan...Pista wrote:My weekly shopping list has taken an unusually biscuity turn.
Kit Kats now added.
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Not a fan of fruity biccies.abridged wrote:For non dunking purposes Fruit Shortcake is great! Just imagine the ancient and dignified tea ceremony and then someone dunks whatever the equivalent of a digestive is in Japan...Pista wrote:My weekly shopping list has taken an unusually biscuity turn.
Kit Kats now added.
I think that partly due to my mum raising me to believe Garibaldis really had squashed flies in them
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Have you ever witnessed anyone just taking a big bite out of a four-finger Kit-Kat rather than breaking off a finger at a time? It's positively distressing.Pista wrote:My weekly shopping list has taken an unusually biscuity turn.
Kit Kats now added.
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I don't mind a fruity biccie, but only when the mood is right and certainly not for dunking. Mind you, the exception is a fruit club which is an abomination to my eyes, an abomination I tell you.
And I speak as one of the chosen who can groove happily, in an admittedly dad dancing way nowadays, to both the Mish and the Girls.
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macarons count as biscuits?
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Oh gawd, my shopping list needs extending....again.iesus wrote:macarons count as biscuits?
I might even bake this week now
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We had foie gras macarons, weird huh, but a delightful error made during a shopping trip to Salut in the Dordogne by the then Ms Swinnow. We felt very decadent scoffing them with a fine red by our gites' pool while watching the French version of the Red Arrows throw their shapes in the sky above us. Swinnow Jnr was a bit scared when his Mum told him that they weren't our Air Force lol
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Swinnow wrote:We had foie gras macarons, weird huh, but a delightful error made during a shopping trip to Salut in the Dordogne by the then Ms Swinnow. We felt very decadent scoffing them with a fine red by our gites' pool while watching the French version of the Red Arrows throw their shapes in the sky above us. Swinnow Jnr was a bit scared when his Mum told him that they weren't our Air Force loll
I must remember this strategy in case we're ever invaded, it would surely confound the enemy.
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I believe there is an English invasion of Dublin planned for this weekend, your pubs may take a hammering lol.Microcosmia wrote:I must remember this strategy in case we're ever invaded, it would surely confound the enemy.
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Take biscuits. LOTS of themSwinnow wrote:I believe there is an English invasion of Dublin planned for this weekend, your pubs may take a hammering lol.Microcosmia wrote:I must remember this strategy in case we're ever invaded, it would surely confound the enemy.
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Yes, these fall under Category #3: Hybrids. Since these are technically 2 biscuits, with a filling adhering Biscuit A to Biscuit B (see diagram 143 in your Biscuit Recognition Manual*), masquerading as a single biscuit, these are classified in the same group as Oreos, Wagon Wheels, and the like.iesus wrote:macarons count as biscuits?
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